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Stompy · 02-22-2005, 02:52 PM

I grew up w/ Nintendo, and being an avid gamer... I have to say Sony has my main business, with Nintendo at a distant 2nd.

I could easily name 20 great games for PS2, and maybe just a few for GameCube. I agree with others that their games are too "kiddy" oriented.. however, Resident Evil 4 looks great, the Metroid Primes are awesome.. aaand.. oh yeah, the Resident Evil remake was sweet. They do have good games, but too few, and that bothers me.

The last Zelda... kinda disappointed me. It was a big reason why I got a gamecube in the first place (I knew eventually they'd make a Zelda sequel). The graphics were great and the game had potential, it was just simply way too short and easy. It kinda aggrivates me I waited and anticipated that game only to have some short mediocre sequel (eh, it was bound to happen, I guess). There was seriously not one challenge to it that I can think of. Ocarina of Time was a masterpiece, just as Link to the Past was before it. I don't know why they broke the chain.

Mario Sunshine was a big let down as well. Very easy, very short.. more or less a Mario 64 clone w/ updated graphics.

Now, w/ Zelda and Mario being WAY too short and easy like that, how were they NOT geared towards children? Hell... even to this day I can go back and play Super Mario World and Link to the Past and still get a decent challenge from them compared to these more recent sequels. What happened?

Unfortunately, the whole "it will be revolutionary" is hype, I think. They made similar claims last year about what turned out to be the DS. While it is the only "different" system in that it has a stylus-pad, it's an N64 - definitely not something I'd call "revolutionary". The N64 had.. what, 4 good games?

Let's hope what they say is true and use this chance to recover.. I was hoping "touching is good, feeling is better" referred to some device that would allow you to "feel" what goes on in the game, but I think we're far from that sort of technological breakthrough.

I don't even bother w/ the XBox. It's really just a PC, and I already have one of those (every decent game for XBox is either on PS2 or PC).

02-22-2005, 02:52 PM	#34 (permalink)
Stompy Banned from being Banned Location: Donkey	I grew up w/ Nintendo, and being an avid gamer... I have to say Sony has my main business, with Nintendo at a distant 2nd. I could easily name 20 great games for PS2, and maybe just a few for GameCube. I agree with others that their games are too "kiddy" oriented.. however, Resident Evil 4 looks great, the Metroid Primes are awesome.. aaand.. oh yeah, the Resident Evil remake was sweet. They do have good games, but too few, and that bothers me. The last Zelda... kinda disappointed me. It was a big reason why I got a gamecube in the first place (I knew eventually they'd make a Zelda sequel). The graphics were great and the game had potential, it was just simply way too short and easy. It kinda aggrivates me I waited and anticipated that game only to have some short mediocre sequel (eh, it was bound to happen, I guess). There was seriously not one challenge to it that I can think of. Ocarina of Time was a masterpiece, just as Link to the Past was before it. I don't know why they broke the chain. Mario Sunshine was a big let down as well. Very easy, very short.. more or less a Mario 64 clone w/ updated graphics. Now, w/ Zelda and Mario being WAY too short and easy like that, how were they NOT geared towards children? Hell... even to this day I can go back and play Super Mario World and Link to the Past and still get a decent challenge from them compared to these more recent sequels. What happened? Unfortunately, the whole "it will be revolutionary" is hype, I think. They made similar claims last year about what turned out to be the DS. While it is the only "different" system in that it has a stylus-pad, it's an N64 - definitely not something I'd call "revolutionary". The N64 had.. what, 4 good games? Let's hope what they say is true and use this chance to recover.. I was hoping "touching is good, feeling is better" referred to some device that would allow you to "feel" what goes on in the game, but I think we're far from that sort of technological breakthrough. I don't even bother w/ the XBox. It's really just a PC, and I already have one of those (every decent game for XBox is either on PS2 or PC). __________________ I love lamp. Last edited by Stompy; 02-22-2005 at 02:58 PM..